Improvement in tipping umbbelli-feames



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JOHN M. DOUBLlliDAY, OF4 MONTCLAlR, NEWJERSEY..

Letters Patent No; vsvskdmsed March 24,1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1s TIPPING UMBssLLA-rmiuss.

Beit'k'nown'that I, JOHN M. DOUBLDAY,bt`"Montelair, county of Essex,and Stateiot" New Jersey', have *invented a newand vuseful'Improvement in the Method of Fastening Tips to kthe Ribsof Umbrella and Parasol Metal Frames; and Ldo hereby. declare that the-following is aclear, full., andexact description thereof, which w'ill enable others skilled Ain the business to viriake'and use the same, refer-ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. l

Heretofore when it was desired to fasten a tip-tof brass orother'metal wpeny the rib, it-has been' customary t0 leave the end, of the Wiresinooth and plain, as shown below in Figure l, euiploying a. brass tip, as illustrated l .Figure 2 This tip contained the veyeto which the cover of the umbrella or parasol is stitched, and being hollow at lone end, was slipped over the, blunt wire, (see a, fig. 1,) and fastened theretoby sl'wagng.' The objec- .tions thereto, are, first, the cost of the tip so applied, and second, its liability to become detached.

By the process which I have invented, the original tip of the metal rib, as ordinarily made, is preserved, the nib and eyeheing formed in the v vire itself',- after the usual method, as shown in Figure 3.'- The extreme end, (marked 1);) is closely covered or surrounded, (as shown by the red line,) by a sheet or foil of proper thick- .'ness, either of brass or othecductile metallic substance, or any material adaptable to the purpose, which is made fast to the `wire by svvaging orpressure. This leaves the original rib-intact and strong, and the substance whichA is o'verlaid thereon having an irregular surface to hold to, will be less likely to become detached, and in event of coming oil will still leave the eye remaining, land the covers properly fastened to the frames. By Vthe 'employmentof a variety of metallic or other substances, either in natural or artificial cololl'sLor in plain or wroughtl shapes, the fram-es` to which these tipsvare attached will be lgreatly ornamented. v

Having thus described my invention, .what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is, The coveringu or overlaying,with metals or other substances, the ends of ribs employed in-umbrellaor parasol-frames, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

JOHN M. DOUBLEDAY.

Witnesses: y

Gao. S. DWIGHT, JAS. W. YOUNG. 

